The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-24 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS ,• • r..; PLYMOUTH., MARCH 22.--Arrived this morning ) , . • ‘) the Surinam Sloop of War, from Sicily:and Maki, with Dispatches, which were forwarded immediately after her arrival to the Admiralty : she is said to tiring intelligence, that the Rochetort Squadron had arrived at Toulon, and remained there, but nothing has transpired relative to the Carthagena Squadron. The Squadron of Sir RICHARD STRACHAN :r g uns ' up the Mediterranean Arrived the Swallow Sloop of . War, with several light "criaualleri no4(F convoy, from Admiral Cos iati's Fleet off the Tagui. • Sailed the...4vetzgar and ifood Sloops of, War for Portsmouth,,and the Qrestes. Sloop of War, with ~? • a,convoy, tor the Downs. The St. George, of 9.#.guns, is gone (int of Her. ; 11our,.and anchored in CaNaand . . The .Theseys,. of, 74, guns, ,catne.into liatibout • this mornipg..lo,rafit. : • 1 Arrived the Gi/fraitnr, of 8,0 gyps,. from the Last, . . • ward. 4 P. S. 5 P. , pip-,Theu r it i ant, Sl oo p of War saitetl from Sicily the pth Fe b britary',, from Malta the 16th anc h."4.o4r.s))n r, 4)e q 90,. And 9n the 4d of March ,suite through, the Fleet cruising. off Cadiz, .consistint 0,14 Sail. of the Line,-all the ,Ene;. Shipp .in Catitz„mapilested. no . intention -of putting to sea. The,. ,Squadron of Admiral St It. STRACHAN, consisting of 6 Sail of ,passed through the Gutt of Gibraltar the pth _February, and received intelligence that the Rocbefort Squa T dron, of which he was in pursuit, had arrived -at Toulon: The Carthagena Squadron, consisting of 5 Sail of the Line, have i;aiied, and were anchored in a Bay on the South part of the Island of Minorca, :of which Sir It. STRACJIAN received intelligence, and was gone for the purpose of attacking them, that part of the coast where they lay being unde fended by Batteries. Admiral CoLLlNGwooni,s Squadron has been joined by that of - Admiral TisoitNahousatt, tmking together i t Sail of the Line, which were lett cruizing on Palermo, , all Well. The Swallow Sloop of W4r left the Fleet off the Tagus the sth inst. the Ships were all well supp lied With provisions, but water was scared. It was peeted the Russian Squadron 'night anon put to sea, and it is understood that some communicatious hare taken place between them and the British. EALI#OUT,I4 DiLuton 210—. Arrived this day the Callao)/ 40.);.44,-1 1 4.Taasuisi, wiiii the Mails from *Alta, tiiesstria, and Gibraltar,: in 31 days from the latter : the news brought by her was anticipaterrby the arrival ofille , 4aCklard, yesterday, in 20 dap from Gibraltar; also arrived LO6 Charly Guu-brig from Plymouth ; the 4)stmh and . .KiPrg Gitfrke 'tale tors from advise; and the Arociox Paeliet, 134.10rr, grata New . Y Ork, ip '23 days passage left there the Prime Adolphus Packet. 'The &don brought patches from Mr. R 036, which were forwarded to grovcrament by express i nothing particular , ,I.Vis i.trtown on her sailing; the Embargo still continued.' • Sailed the American Brig Moir, for 'La Guira, and Humber , Armed Ship 'on a cruiie ; alSo ;he Lady Arabella Packet, PurrEoos, with the Mails' of the 1601 inst. for the Leeward Islands. TWuLVE o'CLociC AT moment the bake of iliurtbarougli Packet is arrived froin Ja. Maica, in 41 days passage : left there His **tura • Ships Veteran, Meleagek, Diamond, and Bacchante, with a French Privateer of 6 guns, and aci men and also a Spanish Brig of great value, arrived at Jar inaica on the . a9th January. . I ) oltTsslou'rn,- ntacit :!3.—Put back this day the Es' ort, Lieut. SHECH, Steady, Lieut. STOW, and limrty..G4n-brigs,, Lieut. WICKILA.NI, from the 44ivyardo, AlaiVed:the liardy Gun-brig, Lieut. PEttoREAv, troth 3 .j , 4; ; Sailed Jim dint Schooner, Lieut. on a cruize, -Tbics 419;50.m, Sloop of War has detained and sent intsk . port the. American Ship Sally and ruw&, from Lisbon, hotind to 'l'hiladtlphia,. with ball end fink; and the 4don4 'Schooner, M•Kit.LoP, has sent in theliby , irriendschap, kiio4 7 alcies, of Varel, from Lisbon, bound to Hull with fruit, • The Thetis Frigate, Capt. GAGE, takes convoy: to Newfoundland, 'Canada, and Nova Scotia. • Livalioot.,lllAncu 22.—Capt. HERA VI.T, arrlyed -here from Messina, says, that early.in the morning of the 2gtl? January, he saw five Soil, of thslitle, one Frigate and a Brig (off Minorca) within about two miles of him, under a press of sail, steering, .as :he supposes, for Toulon ; but whether Britisb or ,French, be could not maiw out, but it was neither 'Admiral : - COLLIN&WOOD or THOIiNaItOUGH, as he left them both . at Sicily when be sailed on,lho lath January. Admiral COLLINGWOOD had. with , Itim seven Sail of the Line, 'and Admiral T'n OR N antc, BILIZIUM a MUGU. 22..4g iud frululuz: bay the Channel Fleet, cruder command of Admiral' BERTIE, for their station off West: %MANESS * MARCH Went out of harbour to the Little None the Kangarao Sloop of Vt'ar and. Tart4rus Bomb. Sailed His Majesty's Ship .Lightning for Deal. Canso down the River two East Indian-len. The following, interesting Itarratites bthiliese' te e.eived from a.Correspondent; at Plyttiolith. " Miami et.--On the afternoon of the 14th inst. as the Emerald. Frigate wee' standing along the Coast. of Spain, on her way to the. &pia drop.. oft Ferrol, . she discovered a large French Schooner coming out of Vifero. All sail was ins+ mediately' made in Chace ; the Schooner, on dike vering the Frigate, put about and returned to ViVe ro, and ran on shore at high water, under the pie teaion of two batteries - . Captain I4IsiTLIN-1) im mediately hoisted out his boats, And sent them to take the batteries and destroy the Beltooner, 'under the orders of the First Liehtenaht (Binekos), with the assistance of the Marine Officers; with the Marines of the Frigate, and a party of Sea Men Vo lunteers. They landed and Wok possession a two' batteries, the one having eight ,18-pounders, the other. Seven e-pounders, without any they spiked the guns, and then went on to the Schooner; • . which' was about two or three .thiles off' one of their boats had gone on to take posmies,ton of the Vesse l , Whfch they did without any difficulty, for the Frenchmen had left her : and another boat, with a party of men under the command of Liedt. SMITH, took possession of . a fort op the other side, that was firing on them; so that they had complete posses sion of three forts and the Schooner. with only one or: two . jnen wounded. Ott the First Lieutenant getting to the, Vessel,_ he found her fast on shore ; but supposing the tide- to be flowing (in' which he was .unfortunately mistaken), he sent one boat to the Frigate for an • anchor and hawser, hoping, as the tide flowed, to be able. to haul her otf. This gave time for the inhabit ants, assisted by the crew of the Vessel, to collea in great numbers ; and, night coming on, they at tacked the Schooner most furiously, under cover of the bushes and rocks, and front the heights, much above the Schooner, which gave them every advan tage. Our gallant fellows thought it best to stay by the Schooeer .(for had they landed, they would have beau overpowered by numbers), . and wait for the tide floating the Vessel off. It would have been well if they had destroyed the Schooner at wide, and returned to their Ship ; but I amp truly sorry to say. that au lIVOT anxiety to get-her out caused the loss of some brave men. Nine fell on board of her, and fifteen were wounded, all by musquetry, from fel lows they could not see when finding ne hopes of getting theVeSael of, they set her on tire, and re turoed.to their Ship. Tee Lieutenant. who com manded the patty, with the two Utilcers of Marines, are among the wounded. The poor felloWs who were .killed -found .a grave in the ashes of the Schooner, which blew..up soon after our people left her; and thus ended a most gallant, but unfortunate • Expedition. "The Schooner proved to be * National Vessel, mounting fourteen eatronades, from the &tat Indies, bound to'Bourdeaux. She had been at Vivero since December; WA when the Frigate saw her, was in tending to.finish her voyage. She had on board se veral things of value, and some cash. Before she was set on fire, our people had leave to plunder, and Malt! 01111011), I am told, got cash and articles to a large amount.. The next day the Gun-poats came out to attack the Frigate, but were put to the rout completely; several of the shot struck the Emerald, hut I am' happy to say, did no material damage." ''The Marlborough Packet, with Mails from Ja-, iaica, is arrived at Falmouth. The letters brought by her will'not be delivered till to-mcirrow, as well. as the letters by the New-York Mail. The Duke of York, DUNN, from St. Domingo, for Liverpool, is arrived at the Isle of Isla. She, sailed from Oonaives on the 2d nit. and lett there the Helen, . PARKEtt, of Liverpool; Elizabeth, of London; Ann, Pazscorr 5 and Alexander, \Vitra. Admiral IlowLay will sail direCtly to Jamaica in the Melpomene Frigate, as Commander in Chief on 'that station, in the room of DAcErs. Lieut.-General. Sir Join CRADDOCK is hourly ex petted from Madras, where General M‘DowAra. succeeded him in the command. Yesterday about twelve o'clock His MAJESTV .came to town, as usual, from Windsor, and was re. , ceived at the Queen's Palace by the Dukes of YORK, Kan, and Codaainog. At two o'clock klis MA• JUTY held a Private Levee, which wits attended by The Lod Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the thteu Secretaries or State, the Chancellor of the Ruhr., quer, tho•Prosident of the kiclaftl orrtait, the Secretary at %via, the tudge Advocate, the Duke of Montrose, Lads Pau. lett (in wanting) and INnthroke, Viscount l;anlicart, Generale Bailout and Lumluy, ReV.Ductors Goodall and King, Sirs S. Cotter* anti W. Hales. The following had the honour of being presented to his MAsennt : Generil N. Ballotsr.upon Ws promotion; Brigatlier-Cene. r 4 Lumley, by Lord ileathficht, upon his appointment upon the Stsll at Malta; titre K D te Key. Dr. Goodall, the Master of Eton. College, upon his being appointed a C.Mult of Windsor, iu the room ur the late Dr. kluval ; the Reir..Of. King, upon his being appointed a Prebend of Westminstor Abbey ; the liiol of Pembroke upon bla marriage. His ALtoesry held a Privy Council, and gave au diences to the Cabinet Ministers, to Viscount CAM., CAA?, and to Mr: Blum, the Judge Advocate, Who laid before His MAJESTY, the voluminous report of the Trial of General,WittraLocKE, and was closeted with his MAJESTY for nearly two hours upon the business. At half past aix His MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor. 'rite Brei7et is expected to appear in next ISatur day's Gazette : it goes a good way down ; it itaaid, it will occasion vacancies in the Chief Command of the following Distrias, besides leaving room' for va* eancies.in' Majors General : The York District, the Severn, the Northern, and the Eastern. 4 new Telegraph is erected 411 the West Square of the inner quadrangle at Chelsea College, to car respond • with Yarmouth, in Ntirfolk : the -one it iru rnediateli corresponds with., is on Hi l►g>ate-Hill it is of,yery large, dituNsious, worn than they usual* ly are; POREICY I,II74ZZLIGiNCE. Mk 4 60144;11* galtSllipiebt CAirtit, 11 , itkek o ttrilva this . aftertitibn, hits brnuglit a report mapa,vount lultuoseok, dated Head-quarters; Tar 4he 4th of LVfatth, by which it appears that the.saitt General atri wed. in Tarvastchns, ihe ist inFr, aunt an theld assutned j the ccuarriand. of his Majesty's . Amy in tresitauct, which, at the tic of the depar ture' of the above Cburior.. cohtinued in, a col 'rated position in the. vicinity of Ttirvastelius.t tentrargh Gaactie, Mi'rrch 36: • • , *C dOTTPSlltritell, MA urn 11.—CotiritBuntrimiti, aeneral in Chief of the Russian array itt FipLindi has issued the following rwiamatiati, iddret t sed to the inhabitants of Finland It is with ti utmosteoncern .Jus Imperial Ma. jest'. my most gracious Master, finds hinasdf ne cessitated to order his troops under to y commartd to eater yptur`c4untry, good friends and inhabitants of gwedi.ti Finlaid. " His Imperial Majesty feels the more concerned to take this step, to which .he .is compelled by the transaaions Which take plac'e itt Sweden, as he.still hears in thind the gracious and friendly sentiments which the Fins displayed towards . Russia in the-last war; when 'the king engaged in a n siqa of Finland in a niautier equaliy uneipeEted and uhwarrantabk . . - . , . .• . • " Hispresent %redid) Majesty, far from j oini ng his Imperial Majesty in his exertions to reinoi'e - the tranquillity of .Europe, which alone can be etreded by the coalitio' Which so ibrtnnately,has been form ed by the most pniverfill Stteg,•bdi, on the contrary, formed a closer alliance with the enemy of the gene. ral tranquillity and peace, . whose oppressive system ' and unwarrantable conduit towards his Imperial , ',Majesty, and MS nearest Ally; his Ititperial Majesty cannot by any means look upon with indifference. : - It is on . this ground, in addition to what his Im Aerial Majesty owes to the security of his own ,dOrainions, that he finds hiinselltietcessitated to take your country under his proteiition, in order to secure to himself due satisfaetion, in case his Rnyal 4we- dish Majesty should persist in his design not to accept the just conditions of peace which have been tender ed to him hi, French Majesty, throuh, the me diation of his Imperial Majesty, in orde r to restore the blessings of peace, which are at all times the principal obje4 of his Imperial Majesty's attention.' ._``• Givd friendi, and men. of Finland, remain quiet, and fear nought. We do not come to you as enemies, but as your friends and protectors, to render you more prosperous and .happy, and to avert from you the calamities which, if war Nhonld . become .in dispensable, must necessarily befall you. Do not allow yourselves to be seduced to take up arms, or to treat. in a hostile manner the troops who are committed to my orders. Should any. one offend against this admonition, he must impute to himself the consequences of his . condud, while on the other hand, tlkoe who meet his - , jesty's paternal care for the welfare of this critmtry, may rest assured of his powerful favour and pro. tetiion. " And as his his Imperial. Majesty's will.that the affairs in your country shall 'pursue their otual course, and be managed acCorthrig to your ancient laws and customs, whith are to remain undisturbed. hs long as his troops remain in your country, all officers,. both civil and military, arc. herewith di. reeted to conform thetnsel es thereto, provided that no bad use be made of this indulgence, contrary to good of the country. " Prompt payment shall be - made for all provi.. sions and refreshments required tbr the troops, and in order that /on may be still more convinced of his Majesty's paternal solicitude for your welfare, he has ordered several magazines to be formed, in ad dition to those which are already established, out of which the most indigent inhabitants Shall be sup plied with necessaries in common with his Majesty's troops. .4 Shouldteircunistancea occur which require some amicable discussion and :deliberation, in this case You are direCted to send your deputies,. Chosen in the usual manner, to the city of Abo, in order to delibp . rate on the like subject, and adopt such measures as the welfare of the country . shall require. It is his Imperial Majesty's pleasure, that from this moment Finland shall be considered and treated as other conquered provinces of the Russian Empire, which now enjoy happiness and peace under the mild government of his Imperial Majesty, and re main in Bill possession of the freedom of religious worship, as well as of all its ancient rights anti pri vileges. • The taxes payable to the Crown remain in substance unaltered, and the pay of Public Officers of every description continues likewise on its antient footing. " All this is herewith notified to all whom it does concern, and who are strictly to conform themselves thereto, as well as to whatever else shall be extt&ed by his Imperial Majesty's Ukases. Given aviteatl.qiigrters, Frederick sham, Feb. itt, The original is signed by Bosnovosts.--i-(Grottea. burgh Gazette.) • GOTTEVBURCII, MARCH 15.---The Swedish Mi nister had left Copenhagen, and . the Swedish Con. sui Elsineur : the former has gone to the King, at Gripsholm.—The French are said to have entered Holstein tut the 6th inst. and it is reported that several of them ens already come over to Lea. laud but. of this we ,have no Certain intelligence, all communicatiou between the two countries be ing for the resent stnpped. It is no longer doubted that, it is the intention of 'the enenatto invade this mitts, inunetliata The Danes- are fining out ail their East and West India Ships as . Men of War. 11. vessel arrived at Cariscrona, from Memel,. bring,* 'intelligence that Prussia has declared War against Sweden. The Prometheus Sloop of %Ver sent into this Port yeanerdaya Danish brig, which she fall in with, in cruising off thiS Port, and when 'the. Prize left her she was in chase of some Others. The. Vanguard, - of 74 guns, and the Quebec Fri gate, got into open water yesterday, end it is ex peaed that the Stately and Nassau, of f/4 guns each; will be released from the ice te.dab as great eater' lions are making for that purpose. The Governor of Gettenbursh offered to supply 1090 men to eat away the Ice, which is_ very thick and, strong. These shipii; it is said, will proceed to the Sound. The King of Sweden has issued a Proclamation forbidding all intercourse with Russia. STOCILA QLK , 10--The WWII of Borgo, Lot s 3, sad Alberfors, being occupi4d by Ragan troops, the ;etters.sent from the lipat.4f c rice tine to the tatter town on the t xth, t ali tise 4th inst, hare been .returned, and the iJettontlies4 here has ,gtven rodeo of, the same; ,that have sent ietters by these posts may recei . vv the in again. N u letf!ts can,. for the present; be foricp t ti : d to th ese towns. GIBIt4LT4N Fug. va. The linperieli se, Lord COCITIC A NE, ariived 1,6: tiightihoiu the Esistward. The Imper;ellp. , sa with her a French Corvette, of 10 gong, an tour Spanish Merchant 'Vessels, which she Lot t of Altneira' a few days ago, after a gallant aaion, in which Lieu', CAULFIELD, her First Lieutenant, n, d one man,. were killed, with rieVeti wounded. Ti.e Imperiepe saw five Sail of the Lim., three days ago, off Ca_pe - de Gait, steering. this way, supposed to i - e the Carthagena Stitiadron :• the Wincisrtr Cost/e, Nymplte, Leolid4, with the Minorca and Reciwinv put to sea this morning in consequence of the ant) , e intelligence. 2.9. 7 - 7 The Surinam Sloop of War has just cOinkin from Sicily and last. from Malta, in 13 tla: e passage. She btingsiaccounts of'the French having taken Reggie', 'ln'Oslabria,.hy storm j and thin tlivy Were .bombarding the' Castle of Scylla.. Gre.tt preliensions were 'entertained' at Sicily of ;111 itll - descent 'Of the French, as ill:. iti'telielort Squadron`iad effeited a itlncti;nl the .rt ? t.f, - i,,) 4 meet. BUONAPARTR'S COndtla towartii 'OW t'Opt.! 1. marvellously astonished the Bishop of Ctt RENTIN, and the Grand iturdsitor PoturtioAt. lt,.is certainly, incumbent on6hop to to th e Catholics cat Ireland, pud vetf,i,l h.WI to them ii fdbur of „his Imperial.ord Catholic lwty:' , .;-With,fespet4 rO the poor Grand 4_6 7 reported that iht first use . ho male of his setl-ei, . . . after recovering from his astyhishuient, was to wllia to : Qcneral JUNOT, humbly requesting to be inforittL ed what he ought to thiuk.or sity, to the Portuguese, on .the.Aubjed a this now proof which IivoNAPAUTR _ . has just ftirnished of his profound regard for the Catholic Religion i He has also, it is said, some -thoughts of writing to the Alurning Chromick on the same'subjed. • Smuootaxo,--.7!An ingenious expudient has het,n recently adopted at Plymouth, tur the pra6fico of knauggling.- Two .coffins have been every . day tent, 1313 shore, supposed to contain the ,bodies of departed seamen, but which have been found to be toll of culoolit, of Vali uus descriptions, pa r girt vh s pia nd ureb.oo 74 wayastu al e i tti o e f t4 w sey h l i pii c t h rbul l s w .s d bee bce n u r, clo .po l te si d tod . as i o n Last week there wsuso grand review of the try , n , , .at Weymouth, by the k:artaf Pik,17441, cotimsnitider in Chief cif the South-west District. i a fi rst ~.. viewed the second battalion of the 53d, prid than t h e -Ist and ed 'Regiments of the Crernian Ligt,t Homo. Lord C ~ , ,t;Atir VMS linen ded by ChM. 1,11.51 oes, anti a hunts:rout Staff. Several English lubjeas havoctleacd their esenpe from Flushing, and are arrived In Deal and Doter. • They were orgy -dwisios44, tniti net ettroally filtipriqt)o. ed et that _place. The Crati laid up by the .Erterny, at bushing, amount to about Go Ves‘eiti. ‘A, requisition wes on" cloy last presented to the Loan NlAroa, reqtieating him to call, an early Court of Common Council„ , to consider of a dutirttl and loyal Address to His hixxxvry, at the present crisi s, expressive of the high sense entertained of the firm. nes and energy - displayed by His MAratery et this critical period. The an MAYOR has accordingly appointed to-morrow for that purpose, and the Court is expeded to be more fully am:tided than for many years. Thursday being the Anniversary of St, Patrick, the Royal Imperial Standard was displayed from the top , of ,Bedford Tower, ip the Upper Castle-yard; Dublin ; and in the evening their Graces the Lord Lieutenant.and . the Duchess. of Ric:lissom) gave a gran&Ball and Supper in celebration of the day.. Mr. Sitertll/4qii, it is Sal& is' very seriously indis posed, and the Complaint, 'we are sorry to' hear, is of a dropsical nature. The w Comedy which is forthcoming at Drury lane Theatre is the produEtion'of Mr. KENNICY,tittw author o several -successful pieces, According to report the title of it is to be' The World, but whether the World as it is, or, as it ought to be, we have not yet heard. • Mr. SIDDoNS has n ot bequeathed his property the manner stated in the publie Prints :--4-10 leas kit four thousand . pounds to his only sutviving daughter. and the bulltef his tontine to .Mrs. Sinnoiss„ pr bably because, as it was acquired. by h e r, liopu rs . b e considerea her as best entitled, to. it, Gtilley and Gregson are to Meet Again in pugilistic combat within six Weeks: they are to ,fight for 145(f guineas a-side. •- Great butts arcs diVerldrog oo .1 battle ; but pot , ,vithstatidiug qolley;Was tittutiphant the Last time they fought, theodds . are somewhat in tavour of Green) Mrs. ELEANOR FRY` wit Interred in St. Paul's Churchlard, on Sunday' the st of last nunttlf, :ma ' her grave has been regularly watched fromihoi .riod'tof her faithful friend, a small black and - M i n e dog, 4tilio is never' missed fiinvi post but thr a few minutes before, ditskiach'ivetiing, Wheal he is supposed to retire far' food; apt' retains spin to his, west+, where he lies pressing,. the chid greund, his eyes tired cis the river o Ins ruistrest The house of Mr. Faulden, in Chelsea-road, was broken lima on Tuesday night; and plate and other light attieleit to a Cotifiderahla atuouht were tuoleu. It is a remarkable ciruirtstanee, that althotigh AI yard dog way fastebed up,and a confidential servant slept in the room above that Emir[ which thit erticlei,were stolen, the thieves . itiesped without having 'been heard.—they obtained - an entrance by forcing a win, do* shutter on thefinu-staliCase. • Mr. Whitehead, of Brower -street, undertook yes. -terdity., fora wager of to' gtThreas, to 4o two tuilettin eleven minutes. Considerable sums were dep ol d., tug, , and the match was decided on Highg:4te Coin. mon. The task is suehtts would•balite most at tho professed pedestrians of the day ; • and Mr. W. wi g) .weighs.t3 , stone, performed the distance in ten se» cones less than the given time. On Monday .next -400 of the ist llegimentof Guards will leave town for Dt-al, iii.order to itrike good.tlte deriCiencies in rote nattahon 4.)1 that L..1+0 rutin; Row' stAtiont-d there.